UNITED STATES v. CHURCH OF WORLD PEACE

No. 84-2200.

775 F.2d 265 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America and A. Jerome Simpson, Revenue Agent, Internal Revenue Service, Petitioners-Appellees, v. CHURCH OF WORLD PEACE and William Conklin, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Thurston, Denver, Colo., for respondents-appellants.

Murray S. Horwitz, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Glenn A. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup and Charles E. Brookhart, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with him on brief, Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., of counsel), for petitioners-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, SETH, Circuit Judge, and CROW, District Judge.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of enforcement of an Internal Revenue Service summons whereby the IRS sought all the books, records and accounts of the Church of World Peace from November 10, 1977 through the date of the summons.

We are particularly concerned with the portion of the summons which asks for a list of members and names of persons for whom marriage ceremonies were performed. The affidavit of the Government to support the request...

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